This page gives a good view on how to evaluate the competency and level of a programmer. If you are a programmer then it will tell you what are all the areas you should be focussing on and what is the level of expertise required.

Difficult people and difficult conversations are part of our life especially when you are doing a high profile work and dealing with many people on daily basis. The trick is not to get bogged down by difficult people, but to develop and art of influencing difficult people to make the conversation resourceful and productive. In our routine life the conversations with Boss, Spouse, Neigbours, Friends, Co-workers, have tendency to get difficult.

Starbox allows you to easily create all kinds of rating boxes using just one PNG image. The library is build on top of the Prototype javascript framework. For some extra effects you can add Scriptaculous as well. Check the demos below to see what Starbox is all about and read on for more information on how to customize your own Starboxes.

Software Engineering Radio is a podcast targeted at the professional software developer. The goal is to be a lasting educational resource, not a newscast. Every ten days, a new episode is published that covers all topics software engineering. Episodes are either tutorials on a specific topic, or an interview with a well-known character from the software engineering world. All SE Radio episodes are original content – we do not record conferences or talks given in other venues.

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Sync.in is a web based word processor for people to collaborate in real-time. When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone's screen. The result is a new and productive way to collaborate and conference on text documents, useful for meeting notes, brainstorming, project planning, drafting sessions, training, and more. Sync.in is the easiest way to get teammates on the same page, quite literally!

A powerful Photoshop-like CSS gradient editor. As you might know, HTML5 introduced many exciting features for Web developers. One of the features is the ability to specify gradients using pure CSS3, without having to create any images and use them as repeating backgrounds for gradient effects.

TinyPNG uses smart lossy compression techniques to reduce the file size of your PNG files. By selectively decreasing the number of colours in the image, fewer bytes are required to store the data. The effect is nearly invisible but it makes a very large difference in file size!

Inspired by my own, and my friend’s (sometimes rocky) experiences within the creative industry, #the50 addresses the most common concerns held by graduating creatives and aims to bridge the gap between art college and the professional world. Each piece of advice has been written within 140 characters and features a consistent hash-tag, making them easy to share across Twitter. Following its previous publication on my